Celebrating Louis Armstrong: Jazz Great & Civil Rights Pioneer
Posted on: Jan 22, 2010 -- Last updated on: Jan 22, 2010
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Saturdays, February 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th, at 2 pm
Louis Armstrong was one of the world's greatest entertainers. He was loved and revered internationally as the father of jazz. He was a genius trumpeter and singer, a goodwill ambassador, charismatic movie star, prolific writer, and talented collage artist. But he was rarely viewed as a civil rights pioneer.
In honor of Black History Month, the Louis Armstrong House Museum staff offers weekly family-friendly presentations on the life and legacy of Louis Armstrong, including a look at the many barriers Armstrong broke during his remarkable fifty-year career. The presentations explore Armstrong's controversial response to the Little Rock Nine school desegregation crisis in 1957: refusing to go on a State Department-sponsored tour to the Soviet Union. View the FBI file that carefully tracked Armstrong's whereabouts after his public call for change.
A guided tour of the Museum will follow each presentation. Reservations are required as space is limited. To make a reservation, email reservations@louisarmstronghouse.org or call the museum at 718-478-8274.
ADMISSION: Event included in Museum admission. $8 for adults; $6 for seniors/students/children; free for members.